The Transatlantic Journal of Economics and Philosophy is proud to announce the imminent release of its new issue. The second edition of The Transatlantic dealing with the topic GROWTH will be published this week – on December 2nd, 2010. It will be available both online and in hard copy at different universities, mainly in the US and the UK, where it is distributed free of charge.
The GROWTH issue includes a variety of student articles, on topics such as the history of growth-criticism, the measurement of development, and China’s rapid economic …

The Transatlantic is an academic student journal adopting an interdisciplinary approach to span the gulf between Economics and Philosophy. By adopting a philosophical approach to the subject of economics, we are trying to discuss important issues from a different perspective.
As a result of our work you can enjoy The Transatlantic in many different ways on this website. The key product is obviously our journal which we release half-annually. You can read the most recent issue by clicking on the tab “Current Issue”. You can also browse through older articles either …

Yes, we have proof. Economists are capable of humor. And contrary to what we might expect from economists, I don’t mean analytical proof. Paul Krugman, who has received the Nobel Prize in 2008 for his contributions to international trade, has recently published “The Theory of Interstellar Trade” (in a serious academic journal with the yellow-press-sounding name Economic Inquiry). If the title does not yet convince you, have a look at the abstract:
This article extends interplanetary trade theory to an interstellar setting. It is chiefly concerned with the following question: how should …